Quotes about lying
lying congratulations deceit
Tell all the Truth, but tell it slant/Success in Circuit lies... Emily Dickinson
lying might chaos
He made his life a lie so he might never have to know anyone. Elliott Smith
lying heaven romance
The heaven of poetry and romance still lies around us and within us. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
lying ambition light
I see, but cannot reach, the height That lies forever in the light.
lying ideas romance
Round about what is, lies a whole mysterious world of might be, a psychological romance of possibilities and things that do not happen.
lying mean fire
All the means of action -- the shapeless masses -- the materials -- lie everywhere about us. What we need is the celestial fire to change the flint into the transparent crystal, bright and clear. That fire is genius.
lying humanity suffering
O suffering, sad humanity! O ye afflicted ones, who lie Steeped to the lips in misery, Longing, yet afraid to die, Patient, though sorely tried!
lying views heritage
To the rest of us the supreme vindication of the scholar's view lies in their invincible allegiance to the Jewish heritage - a steadfastness that has been matched only by that of their rescuers. Henrietta Szold
lying writing humbug
If I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug. Henrik Ibsen
lying support gentleman
What sort of truths are they that the majority usually supports? They are truths that are of such advanced age that they are beginning to break up. And if a truth is as old as that, it is also in a fair way to become a lie, gentlemen.
lying age majority
I am in revolt against the age-old lie that the majority is always right.
lying elderly gentleman
I'm plotting revolution against this lie that the majority has a monopoly of the truth. What are these truths that always bring the majority rallying round? Truths so elderly they are practically senile. And when a truth is as old as that, gentlemen, you can hardly tell it from a lie.
lying atheism use
Don't use that foreign word 'ideals.' We have that excellent native word 'lies.'
lying doe consideration
The costliness of keeping friends does not lie in what one does for them, but in what one, out of consideration for them, refrains from doing.
lying self use
It is no use lying to one's self.
lying men average
Take the life-lie away from the average man and straight away you take away his happiness.
lying compassion giving
Our greatest fulfillment lies in giving ourselves to others. Henri Nouwen
lying eyebrows two
The decision, therefore, lies here in the East; here must the Russian enemy, this people numbering two hundred million Russians, be destroyed on the battle field and person by person, and made to bleed to death . Heinrich Himmler
lying heart common
To strive for the common prosperity and happiness of all nations, as well as the security and wellbeing of our subjects, is the solemn obligation which has been handed down by our imperial ancestors and which lies close to our heart, Hirohito
lying falsehood
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told. Herodotus
lying feet clouds
We are always seeking for those things which are in the clouds, not for those that lie at our feet. Henry Ford
lying sleep feel-better
I can sleep anywhere! I can come off stage during the interval of a play, lie down for four minutes then wake up feeling better. Helen McCrory
lying theatre doe
Theatre is liberating because it only works if it's truthful - that's what it requires. That's not true of film: the camera does lie.
lying kissing
Oh, what lies there are in kisses. Heinrich Heine
lying kissing
What lies lurk in kisses.
lying kissing fool
Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you. Oh, what lies there are in kisses!
lying cutting fighting
He who fights with priests may make up his mind to have his poor good name torn and befouled by the most infamous lies and the most cutting slanders.
lying book school
I once stole a book. It was really just the once, and at the time I called it borrowing. It was 1970, and the book, I could see by its lack of date stamps, had been lying unappreciated on the shelves of my convent school library since its publication in 1945. Hilary Mantel
lying commitment writing
Fear of commitment lies behind the fear of writing.
lying stories good-story
Some of these things are true and some of them lies. But they are all good stories.
lying men moments
The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie. Hilaire Belloc
lying men long
It has long been recognized by public men of all kinds. . . that statistics come under the head of lying, and that no lie is so false or inconclusive as that which is based on statistics.
lying sometimes interest
It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation